In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a method is described that includes establishing a wireless communication link between a mobile device and a document processing device; transmitting, by a transmitter of the document processing device, data stored in a memory of the document processing device related to the functionality of the document processing device to the mobile device; and receiving, by a receiver of the document processing device, data to control a functionality of the document processing device from the mobile device.
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1. A method comprising: establishing a wireless communication link between a mobile device and a document processing device; determining that data collected and stored in a memory of the document processing device related to the functionality of the document processing device based on a time reference of a particular document has not been transmitted to the mobile device in a predetermined time period; transmitting, by a transmitter of the document processing device, the data stored in the memory of the document processing device related to the functionality of the document processing device to the mobile device based on the predetermined time period that was determined, wherein the data comprises one or more of financial-related data, replenishment-related data, and maintenance-related data; and receiving, by a receiver of the document processing device, data to control a functionality of the document processing device from the mobile device, wherein the receiving and transmitting data occurs when the mobile device is in a vicinity of the document processing device for a predetermined time period, wherein the received data includes data to clone a document processing device to a common configuration or load new software to the document processing device.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication link is arranged to communicate using a protocol selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth protocol, WiFi and WiMAX.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitted data is received using a mobile device application loaded on the mobile device.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitted data received at the mobile device includes an identification of the document processing device.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitted data includes information related to a previous time at which data was transmitted.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitted data is encoded or encrypted.
7. A document processing device comprising: a processor coupled to a memory and configured to determine that data collected and stored in a memory of the document processing device related to the functionality of the document processing device based on a time reference of a particular document has not been transmitted to a mobile device in a predetermined time period; a transmitter arranged to transmit the data stored in the memory of the document processing device related to the functionality of the document processing device to a mobile device over a wireless communications link based on the predetermined time period that was determined, wherein the data comprises one or more of financial-related data, replenishment-related data, and maintenance-related data; and a receiver arranged to receive data to control a functionality of the document processing device from the mobile device over the wireless communications link, wherein the receiving and transmitting data occurs when the mobile device is in a vicinity of the document processing device for a predetermined time period, wherein the received data includes data to clone a document processing device to a common configuration or load new software to the document processing device.
8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication link is arranged to communicate using a protocol selected from the group consisting of Bluetooth protocol, WiFi and WiMAX.
9. A method comprising: connecting, by a computing device, with an Bluetooth-enabled document processing device; determining by an application executing on the computing device, that data collected from the document processing device based on a time reference of a particular document has not been received by the computing device within a predetermined time period, wherein the data comprises financial-related data, replenishment-related data, and maintenance-related data; sending a request for the data to the document processing device based on the determining if the check has determined that the predetermined time period has exceed a predetermined time check threshold, wherein the data comprises financial receiving the data provided by the document processing device; aggregating the data from the document processing device and other document processing devices; transmitting the data to a fulfillment center; and transmitting control functionality data to the document processing device, wherein the control functionality data comprises data to clone a document processing device to a common configuration or load new software to the document processing device.
10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising connecting with a computer to transmit the data to a fulfillment center.
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